ONTARIO-GROWN SPRING PRODUCE

FRUITS

April: Apples (storage), rhubarb (forced)
May: Apples (storage), rhubarb (field)
June: Apples (storage), cherries, rhubarb, strawberries

VEGETABLES

April: Greenhouse baby greens, beets, cabbage, carrots, greenhouse cucumber, fresh greenhouse herbs, greenhouse lettuces, mushrooms, onions, parsnips, rutabaga, sprouts, greenhouse tomatoes

May: Asparagus, greenhouse baby greens, carrots, greenhouse cucumber, fiddleheads, greenhouse lettuces, mushrooms, onions, greenhouse sweet peppers, radishes, ramps, rutabaga, spinach, sprouts, greenhouse tomatoes, edible weeds**

June: Asian vegetables*, asparagus, green and wax beans, broccoli, cabbage (red, green, Savoy), cauliflower, field and greenhouse cucumber, field and greenhouse lettuces, mushrooms, green onions, onions, green peas, snow peas, sugar snap peas, greenhouse peppers (sweet red, yellow, orange), radicchio, radishes, rutabaga, spinach, bean and alfalfa sprouts, greenhouse
tomatoes, edible weeds**

*Asian vegetables include: choy sum, yow choy, mustard greens, snow pea shoots, Asian broccoli, chrysanthemum greens

**You can download Dagmar Baur’s wonderful Summer 2008 article, “Weeds: Can’t Beat ’em? Eat ’em!” via the Explore tab on our website. This is a great reference for utilizing the abundance of edible weeds that grow in our region.